Last weekend, I attended Abbott’s European Diabetes Exchange forum (‘dX’) in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The mission of dX is to create a place where bloggers from all over Europe can meet and exchange ideas in a […]

I’m so excited about this that I have to pinch myself repeatedly!!! Some of our volunteers have organised a Fundraising Music Evening on Saturday 12th August in The Moat Theatre, Naas, Co. Kildare to raise […]

On June 22nd last year, almost one year ago, I was part of a delegation representing people with diabetes which attended a briefing in Leinster House on the state of diabetes services then. You can read […]

It’s Summer and it’s also the start of music festival season. This was kicked off with GunsnRoses in Slane Castle on Saturday 27th May. We have Longitude, Electric Picnic, Castlepalooza, yet to come. You bought […]

THRIVEABETES SUGAR SURFING WORKSHOP – A review by Gráinne Flynn Over one hundred people from all over Ireland and the world, attended the Thriveabetes Sugar Surfing Workshop on Saturday, May 13th in Dublin presented by […]

This week’s post comes from Dr. Stephen Ponder, who will be in Ireland in less than two weeks to present the Thriveabetes Sugar Surfing Workshop. I asked Stephen to describe what Sugar Surfing is and […]

Hello, My name is Nathan Fagan and I’m a Dublin-based documentary filmmaker. I’m currently developing a project about biomedical research into diabetes in Ireland and I’m hoping to get in touch with potential participants. To […]

This week’s post is from Susan McGrath, who is mum to Devin and Max, wife to Peter. Max was diagnosed with Permanent Neonatal Diabetes, which is treated as type 1 diabetes, at three weeks old. The McGrath family use the Nightscout […]

I have been sitting on these 24 tubes of glucose tablets…. Well, not ACTually sitting on them-that would be gross. Metaphorically speaking sitting on. It’s a small prize but worth almost €48 to someone out […]

Type 1 Diabetes Goes Sugar Surfing *** Registration Now Open *** The registration fee is €20 per person. The Thriveabetes Sugar Surfing Workshop takes place on Saturday, May 13th from 10am until 2pm in The […]

Last week’s Thriveabetes blog post was about an Clare man’s journey to Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa in 1999 with type 1 diabetes – coincedently Diabetes Ireland was the FIRST diabetes related charity to bring people […]

This weeks blog post is from Michael Murphy from Ennis, Co. Clare. Michael has lived with type 1 diabetes for 20 years and volunteers with the Limerick Diabetes parents group organising family walks and hikes. […]